Pete Kozma

ST. LOUIS After almost eight full innings of scoreless baseball, the Cardinals scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving them a 1-0 lead and the eventual victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday at Busch Stadium. It all started when Atlanta began Shelby Miller, a former Cardinal, gave up a lead off single to Yadier Molina. Pete Kozma stepped in to pinch run for the catcher. Miller would then walk Randal Grichuk. Reynolds moved Kozma over to third base on a sacrifice fly, and Miller was replaced by pitcher Luis Avilan. Stephen Piscotty, who was pinch hitting, flew out to right field, but Kozma bolted home and scored to give the Cardinals the winning run. Before the eighth,...

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